Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gortnagrelly, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortnagrelly
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.33517, -8.39552
- SMR number
- SL009-020----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1869 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated towards the E of a slight E-W orientated ridge. Raised circular area (diam. 20m) enclosed by an earthen scarp (H 1.4m). At the external foot of the scarp is a fosse (Wth 7.1-7.9m; D 0.4-1.2m). The E-W orientated S-facing slope of the ridge lies under the edge of the rath SE-SW and the interior has been levelled up to compensate for the natural fall. The fosse encloses the site SW-NW and NE-SE and is absent elsewhere. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior is raised above natural ground level on all sides except SW-NW where the interior is flush with external ground level.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Prehistoric site - lithic scatterunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.